Associating and collecting mechanism.



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AssocIATING AND COLLECTING MBCHANISM.

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H. A. W. WOOD. A SSOGIATING AND COLLECTING MECHANISM.

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HENRY A. WISE WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CAMPBELL PRINTING PRESS c MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ASSOCIATING AND COLLECTING MECHANISM.

Specincation of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application led March 4, 1898, Serial No. 612,548. Renewed January 24, 1908. Serial No. 412,492.

To all who/in it may concern.'

Beit known that I, HENRY AL WISE Woon, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York. and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Associatin and Collecting Mechanism, of which the ollowing is a specification.

The aim of this invention is to produce new and improved devices for assembling the product of a printing press or printing presses, and further consists, in connection with the above; of a .peculiar means for permanently l securing the assembled product; and this peculiar means consists of a wire-stapling dey sembled strips or sheets of paper which forms, I

vice, which ma be, if desired, of the form hereafterdescri d'. y By the term product is meant that portio n of the printed and asor which is designed to form, when severed froni the body of the strip or strips, a newspaper, pamphlet, or volume.

vo these ends, the invention consists of the devices de scribed and claimed in this speciiication, and illustrated in the accompanying seven sheets of drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale of the preferred form of wirestapling device, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a section of the plunger which sets" lthe staples, Fig. 4 is a detail of the feeder, Figs. 5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating the way in which the staple is set or closed, Fig. 8 illustrates the combination of a press `with a collecting mechanism and my wire stapling device applied thereto, Fig. '8% is an enlarged view of the stapling and assemblin mechanism sliown at the right of Fig. 8. fig. 9 is a view on an enlarged scale of the gearing used iii connection with the stapling device. Fig.

l() illustrates thc combination of two prin tingl mechanisms, auf associating mechanism, and a s tiiplmg device', Fig. 11 illustrates in plan ,liowtlie product of onepi'ess maybeasjsociated, Fig llillustrates the way th tsfsbciated product of 4a single press isliand d jFig. 13 is a diagrammatic planr showin v double cover may be used in connectie' i with the device shown in Fig. 12,` and Fig view similar to Figi `v12,- showing how rality of stapliiig devices can bear'ran'ged.

Before describing the iiivcntioin tliisdivision and deiinition of the terms hereafterused will be made. By the use of the -wordinfassembling i `is-nieanlt broadly either collecting l with an assemblin of staples.

or associating eitliersheets or webs. By the use of the word collecting is meant the rality of different webs, or .the slitting and 'laying together of parts of a wide web-so as to form a plurality of superimposed narrow webs.

With this explanation, it may be said that the invention consists in the combination aryY wire staplin'g evice which is adaptedv to permanently secure or fasten the assembled product, and this assembled product may be obtained either by associating webs or collecting sheets.

It is the furtheriaim of the invention to combine with' the above, devices whereby a cover may be added to the assembled and sta led product.

n the drawings a number of ways are shown by which the invention Acan be practiced.

bo far as the broad scope of the invention is concerned, the printing mechanism may be of any approved form either a continuous web, or a separate sheet printing mechanism. The assembling mechanism may be ofany a proved form, and the stationary wire stap ing device may be of'any approved form.

Tlie speciic stationary Wire stapling device which is preferably used will be first described, and reference to follow this descripmechanism of a stationtion should be had to the first two sheets of drawin s, which show a single stapling device, w ich may be nicely used to carry out the invention.

' In the drawings, .2O and 51 are supposed to represent transverse beams or supports, upon `whi-ch the staplingsdevice may be mounted.

Ask hereafter described, a single stapling devicefinay be used to insert a longitudinal Ivrow of staples in the assembled prodlict, or a lurality ol" stapling devices may be used side by side, so as to insert a `transverse line of staples into the assembled product; or a plurality of stapling devices arranged parallel to the movement of thc assembled product may be used to thereby in: i

rt a longitudinal line The further description vof the specific4 wire stapling device will be confined to one stapling device, the necessary changes Where a p ura ity are used being hereafter specified. The upper transverse beam or support 20 has depending arms or brackets 21, 1n which is mounted a short shaft 22. On this short shaft 22 is fulcrumed a vibratory lever or -arm 23, which arm is actuated to insert the staples, as hereafter described. Extending up from the leftliand portion of this arm 23 are brackets or arms 24, in which is journaled shaft 25, on one end of which shaft 1s secured piece 26, which has gear-teeth as 27 formed thereon; and this piece 26 may be pinned as by pin 340, or otherwise securely fastened to the shaft 25. The transverse beam 2() has an inclined cut-awa portion 28, as indicated, fitting on which ist e segment 29, which has an extendin ledge or shoulder 30, in which are formed sots 31, throughwhich are passed screws 32, which are ta ped into the beam 20, and which serve to lliold the segment 28 in place. The teeth of this segment are preferably arranged approximately concentric to the shaft 22, for a purpose hereafter described, and it will be seen that by loosening the screws 32, the segment 29 can be adjusted up and down the ledge 28, and b this means, the relative position of the mallet to the plunger can be adjusted. Also mounted upon the shaft 25, and between the bearings 24 is a mallet or'striking piece 33, which may be securely fastened to the shaft 25, as by means of pin 341. On the end of the vibratarm or. lever 23 is formed the sta ling head 34, which consists of a hollow tuge as shown, which has a reinforced bottom as 35. Fitting in thest'apling head 34 is a striking head or rlunger 36, the endof which is screware nuts 37 and 38.

threade as shown, and fitted upon which Surrounding the plunger beneath the nut 38 and bearing on the reinforced portion 35 is a s ring 39, which tends normally'to keep the p unffer elevated; and by means of the nuts 37 andJ 38, the tensior of this spring can be regulated. The strikin head 34 is cut away as at 40, so that the Ina let 33 can move down a considerable distance into the strikin head.v The lower 'end of the plunger 36 is rawn down as at 41 so as to form a thin, smooth piece, which fits into a hole 500 formed in the lower part of the reinforced str iki head, as shown; and

this drawn-down portion 41 is made of just the Width in its narrow way of the sta les', which it is vdesired to use. 'lhe striking ead 34 has an extending reservoir 42, in which the staples may be placed, or to which they may be fed; and fitting o n top ofthis reservon" are covers 43. v Formed in the reservoir 42 are slots 44,

l which. slots, Withthe covers 43, form perfect guide-Ways for the -staples S. FittingA into the slots 44 and under the covers 43 is a feeder `45, which extending wings 47, which fit down into the slots 44', and which thus feed the staples into the striking head.

-Soldered or fastened on top of the feederl to feed by means of screws 53, and which has a projecting, hollow, cylindrical hub 54. Fittin on this projecting, hollow, cylindrical hub 54 is a clenching-plate 55, which hasan extending, hollow, c lindrical art 56, which is adapted to stri e or come into contact with a collar 57 formed on the support 52. The cylindrical hub 54 has a slot 58 formed in the" same and a screw 59 is inserted in the geo clenching-plate 55, and prevents the clenchl ing-plate 55 from turning. A spring 60 is arranged between these two parts, and tends to force the clenching-plate 55 to its highest position, the screw 59 limiting the upwardv movement of the clenchinglate 55. The

clenching-plate 55 has suita le grooves 61,

or is suitably adapted, so that when the staple is inserted throu h the assembled product, the staple will be eaded over in the groove 61. The clenching-plate 55 is preferably reinforced as at"62 under the cut-away portion 61, as shawn.

The. operation of this stapling device is as follows: The assembled roduct', which may consist-of a plurality of `s eets P, P, or Webs a, b, is led in, in any suitable manner, be-

tween the clenchingsplate and the striking head and momentarily stopped. The right hand end of the aiirn 23 is t en forced quickly upwards by any suitable means,as by an ec'v centric, as hereafter described, which will cause the striking head to descend, and hold the assembled product between the striking head and the yielding clenchinglate, and, as

the striking head 34 descends, t e mallet 33 will be given an accelerated downward movement, due to the action of the gear-teeth 27 running down the stationary gear-teeth 29,

and thus the staple under the lunger will, as

the striking head descends, e forced out. Ward, and forced through the assembled product. As soona's the-.ends Q'f the staple pass through the assembled product, they will come into the grooves'pr channels 61 formed in the 'elding clepching-plate 55, and will be hea ed over and set, as shown in tli'ediagrams in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. .As the striking head israised, the lunger 41 Willbe lifted by the spring 39 a ove the line of staples, and a new staple will be fedV into the slot 500, by'means of t e spring 48.

The yielding clenching-plate 55 forms a iso nice and easy means for setting the staples,

adiustnient by means-of screws 82 and nuts 37 and 38, so that the whole devicecan be arranged and set to operate very' rapidly and nicely; In some cases, where the .stapling device must operate for a long time, a sta 'Jlingformer and feedingr device, which will continuously'iform and` feed the staples beneath the plunger is used, many such being well known, and not necessary here to detail, the invention contemplating the use ol any form of' stationary wire stapling, which will permanently fix and bind together the assembled product. ln some cases, if desired, the mallet of the device before described may be driven by other means, which means may be independent of the movement of the arm 28.

Referring now to Figs. 8 8% and 9, one way is shown. in which a stationary stapliiig device caribe combined with a collecting mechanism, and also means is shown by which a cover may also be combined with tl'ie finished product. ln this device, it will be seen that the collecting mechanism is shown as taking its supply from a printing mech anism. 4ln this specific device, -represents a web-roll from which the web 71- is led. From the web-roll, the web passes around a roller 72, then around the impression cylinder 74, then. around to the impression cylinder 75. Coactng with the impression cylinder 74 is the first type cylinder 73, and coactin f with the second impression cylinder 75 is tie second type cylinder 7 6, whichtype cylinders can be inked by any suitable inking apparatus as l', which are not necessary here to show or describe at length. A

The type cylinders are preferably made of a circumference so as to receive f our plates around the same,'so that a variety of products can be produced, as hereafter described: Thus, for example, if the first and second plates of the ty efcyliiiders are different, and the third-and fiiurth plates are like the first and second, the first sheet may be associated with the second, and the third with the fourth,'and two distinct double-sheet products may be produced, which are duplicate; or, if two distinct and unlike products are to be run, all the plateswill diil'er, and the first complete product will'not be like the sccoiiid. Or again, if it is desired to produce a cornplete quadiiuplesbcet product, then ail 'the plates will be' different', and all the four slice will be co ected, as hereafter describe-ii..

Thus, it Willbe seen tf'iiat a printing couple which has .four'plates-` arranged circumferentially on'the type cylinders is capable of producing a product, which ,may be cui and collected into a number of dilleii'ntly pagi-id products.A I

From the'last impression cylinder 75, the

web 7,1 is led between the cutting cylinders I 77 and 79, which are madeone-half the size v and. it will be seen that the device admits oF ofthe type cylinders, the upper cylinder 79 of which has two knives as 80, and the lower cylinder 77 of which has two .recesses l78, whereby the web will be cut into four sheets for the length of one circumference of each type-cylindcr- The knives 80 do not completely sever the sheet from. the web, but simply perforate the web. ting cylinders, the web is carried over guides 82', and is led. in between the bite of the continuously ruiming tapes 83 and 86. The tapes 83 are mounted upon the tape pulleys 84 and 85, and the ltapes 86 are mounted upon ta e-pulleys 88, 87, 89, 94, 93,92, 91 and 90, as siown, and these tapes are run at a faster speed than the peripheral speed of the cutting cylinders.

Arranged beyond the tape pulleys 85. and 87. is a collecting cylinder 97, and the n'ippin or biting cylinder 81, which may be also use( as a collecting cylinder in some cases, as hereafter described. .The web is directed from the tapes 83 and 86 between these cylinders 81 and 97 by means of suitable guides 950.

Arranged in the collecting cylinder 97 are rubber lpads 98, at 180 degrees 'from eachother, and through these rubber ads may be inserted impaling pins 99, as s own. `Im paling pins as 95 may be also inserted into the nipping cylinder 81.

From the cut-- All the impaling pins are removable, and are only used as Y desired.v

.Coacting with the collecting cylinder 97 is a set of stripper fingersflOO, which may be o erated by any of the usual means to strip t e collected product from the collecting cyl inder; and a similar set of fingers 96 -is arranged to coact with the cylinder 81, and to strip the products from their cylinder, and deliver the same on to the strippers 100. It will be seen that the tapes 86 are led around the nipping cylinder 81 so that the tapes are clear of the same. From the cutting -cylinders 77 and 79, the web is carried between the tapes 83 and 86, until the end ofthe same comes in between the nipping cylinder 8'1 and the collecting cylinder 97, when one` of the rubber pads 98 seizing the end of the web, will tear the sheetfrom the web on the line of the perforations, which have been' made by the cylinders 77 and 79, and this will leave the leading end of the web in the bite of the tapes 83 and 86, so that the sheets will be nicely severed from' the web as the cylinders '81 and 97 have a higher peripheral speed than the web has.

Coacting'with the cylinder 97I is a set of.

tapes 101, which tapes are led around tapepulleys 102 and 103, as shown, and enacting with the tapes 101 is a sei'. of ta es 104, which tapes 104 run around tape-pu leys 105, 106, Y 107, 108 and 109, and drop-roller 110, which -may be mounted in suitable arms 111. B

those tapes, a sheet may be fed to the co tudinal line 'of staples in the a uct and, ofcourse, `as many staples as de*- sired can be inserted in the assembled prodlecting cylinder to form either a su or a cover, as hereinafter describe The collected product lpasses 'from the the tapes 86 and 104, vin through the stapling devlce, which as before described. The arm 2 3 of this st apling device may be operated by means of anv arm 11.2, which carries an eccentric-.strap l'115, which fits uponan-eccentric 113 secured to the shaft 114. The shaft 114 carries a suitablev gear 11.6, which meshes with an intermediate 117. mountedupon theshaft 118, and this intermediate 117 meshes with and yengages a gear 120, secured -upon-a shaft 121. ,A tened on this shaft 121 are two cams as 1-22 and 123. Just beyond the anvil'of thestapling device is arranged a pivoted vstop 124, whichhas a suitable yoke or connection 125, which carries a roller 126, which `bears upon the cam 123. 'Arranged be ond'the pivoted stop 124 is anotherpivote stop127.which has a suitable yoke 128, which carries a roller 129, which bears Aupon the cam 122. These stops 124 and 127 are arranged so that when they are lifted, they will project up between the ta es 104 an d 86, and willmomentan'ly e- 4 assembled or collected p Thus', after the collected product leaves the strippers 100, the same will travel until the forward or leading edge-strikes the st whenit will be momentarily held,v stapling device will insert the sta le. the stop 124 willbe lowered, and tb wil again move until the leadlng'l ed 'e strikes the stop'127, when `anotherrstap' e bey inserted.; This insert a' longi Su ifgle's leets through the press. Then all the 1m1paling-pins WouldibeL removed from the c stop t Y uct, dependin of course, upon .the number of stops use In 'the.particular llevicevshown, two staples Vareinserted, the -oceanv tric making'tw revolutions to" one revolupro erly timed.

om the stapling device, the sheets forward to'any lsuitable delivery-.og .fo derl device, as overvfoldingollers 1.330 which, the assemble and sta meanso'f a fly 135 upon a suitable coversA canbe fed in between t be fed-trema suitable fe are indicated b the letter '0,' 'Y

A' suitablec eck device, as 131,.ma bef arranged -ulpon the shaft 4133, and mayiave a nosegl32, and this. device may be so ar ranged? that it only be possible `to feed the cover or supplement in at the time;4 AThe roll -110 monnted the operated at the propertime, epending upc the number of assembled products that come from-.the collecting'mech'ani'sm. The cylinder 97 is. driven -turn'for turn with -the'cuttinr cylinders, but is made about one-fourth,

and, b t means,iwill .have thepe1ipheral'-i eed necessaryfor pulling. the sheets from e product ssembled prod.-

. s may bsls'o' arranged, if. ,sissspdijtelt 'as the usual drop-roll, to seize and forward .the sheet at the roper'time. This-check device and droprol are the same in construction as y e' gearing for .the staplinfr device ca' 'ameter, larger than the cutting cylinders;

e end of the web, and all'the tapes are preferably run at the same-j speed'asthe peri h- 85 eral speed`of the' collecting :.cylinder'97 he m11) ing linder 81 is referably made oneha the iameter ofjt e collecting'cylinder ..97,.and 1s arranged to turn atthe same'peheral speed, or twoj turns v for one of thegQ co lectin cylinder 9 7.-" "'It is-"understood,cf course, t at thetucker andtheyl foldand deliver.-the'product at'the proper' .time. i All these mechanisms and gearings' are well understood and known in connection with web-presses and. fold-ing machines, and itis lctl necessary to' go into detail to describe the same, to givea skilled mechanic a full idea 16 orA folding lblade' 1 34 35v begtimedto act so asj'to of my invention.;

` pose now, that it desired to runsin- 1nde'r`s-97 andf8'1;f the stapling device and |05 t e stops wouldbej'a'rranged so as to be -mo era'tive, and the sheet the web,and given one fold," and elivered, as desired;` timed, and thus four, f ourage pa ers, on'ce uo folded, would be delivere lfor eac revolu-V tion of the typecylinders, thestaplingJde- -vice and stops, of`cox se, being rendere operativeduringoperation. `Suppose now, in 'the 'second l case it' l1s' g'siedtocollect two? beets, soest --fo' eightspage'prodct, revolutionof the ty e-cylinders, two simil r, eight-page pr ucts,L o r two di erent s1 would, be dpulled 'from the flyffof course,- being properly and to deliver #for each elght-page products,l depending upon t earlq ngem'ent of plates used upon the type-cyl ders; lI 'n thi'sca'se,` the lmpaling-pmsQ Ameinserted in the small eollectmgcylinder 81, and the `strippers 96 areset to operate at every second revolution of thecylmder 811 |25 Then the first sheet fedinbet'ween wthe cg' ders 97andf81 will' be carried up aroun cylinder 81,;a1'1d the next following' sheet will be collected with theiirst'sheet, and then the two sheets 4be'stripped from theA 'cyl v15,1 o

1inthe mechanism before descrbed, either cylinder 97 Areaches a su plement to these products, and this can 4being use inder 81 by the strippers 96, and will be carried forward between the tapes 86 and'104 through the `stapling mechanism, and will be sto ped, stapled, started, stopped, stapled, and thereafter delivered as desired.

Suppose now, in the third case, itis desired to collect all four sheets printed by one n t revolutionof the typelcylinders. Then the with comparative y simple mechanisms, and

' ins 99 wil be placedl in the collect" that'by momentarily stopping the collected ing cy er 97, and the impaling pins 915 will product, one or more times, the same can be left in the nipping cylinder 81, and the e permanently and nicely bound together.

strippers 96' will be set to operate as here- Thus, this press can be arranged to supply after described, and the strippers 100 will be either four four-page papers, two-'eight-page timed to operate once for each two revolupapers, either similar or different, or'one sixtions of the cylinder 97. -Then the first two teen page paper for each yrevolution of the sheets will be taken one after the other upon typecylinders; or, if a half-width cover is the .collecting cylin er 97, and the third added, it can produce the above with a twosheet will be taken or received upon the first age cover; or if a full width cover is added,

sheet. These two su erimposed sheetsV will it can produce the above with a double then be taken by tfie upper cylinder 81.

page Acove Of course, in feeding in the When the head of the second sheet on the supplement orcover of one page width to the point where 'the constitute two pages, a wide margin is left, s eets pass to the cylinder 97, the fourth which can be nicely stapled to the remainin sheet will be received bythe impaling-pins sheet or sheets, and can be nicely folded. 99'on top of the second sheet. hen when course, instead of leading a single web to the the forward edges of all four sheets come tocutting cylinders 77 and 79, a plurality of gether, the strippers or switches 96 and 10() webs can be used, for example another web will direct the four sheet product thus 710 can be led from another printing mechformed, into't'he bite of the tapes 86 and 104.

anismand associated with the web 7 1 on the From this point, the sixteen-paged product, roll 720,5whereby the. roduct can be still consisting of thel four, four-,paged sheets, will be carried"`lon, stopped, stapled, started,

further increase or, o course, the web 71 can be associated to form two webs, andthe stopped, stapled, started, folded, and elivered.

product increased by that means. By this operation, 1t will be seen that a sixteen-page paper will be formed,

Thus, it will be seen that the device .constitutes an improved collecting mechanism, bound to ether and delivered once folded for each revo ution of the ty e-cylinders, Thus,

,means for momentarily stopping the assembled product, and astationary stapling deby the. printing and col ecting and stapling single sheet; collected double sheet or -collected duadruple sheet products can be produced.L n some cases, it is desired to add a cover or bind the collected product together, while the same is stationary, so as to give alongitudinal line of staples, and of a folder adapted to give the collected and bound product a fold on the line of the staples. This will give a press which is adapted for a great variety of amphletl and news aper work.

n the previously escribed constructionthe" assembling mechanism consists of -a mechanism by which sheets are collected before the stapling operation. l

The scope of the invention, as before described, includes any assemblin device, and the device shown' in Fig. 10 wi now be described, which covers a ferent webs are associated, .momentarily be nicely done-by feeding either the coveror supplement from the feed-board C, the stop 132 and the drop-roll 110 being timed so as to lead the supplementor cover in at the pro er time. In the first case, if it is desired to ay l covers on the single sheet product; two covers will be fed in for each revolution of the collecting cylinder 97, the impaling pins 99 in this clase, and will be carried upby the im aling-pins 99 and collected under the sing e sheets. From the collecting cylinder, the cover and single sheet will be sto ped -and stapled, and then thereafter stapled, folded Aand delivered, as before de fol ed. scribed. Referring to Fig. 10, it will be seen thatA When it is desired to `put a cover on the eiglitfpage product, only one coveri fed in for each revolution of the collecting cylinder 97, and when it is desired to put a cover upon the sixteen page collected productkone cover is 4fed in for each two revolutions of the collecting cylinder. Of course, this fed-in sheet, instead of being considered as a cover, can be which may fore described, the web c. being printed from the couples A, andthe web bl being printed from the couples B. From the iii-st printing a is led around the guide rollers 170 and 171 tothe guide roller 172; the

`| couples, the web and from the second printing couples,

at a roducts can be-produced,

vice adapted to 'insert staples to permanently lik) and'B represent t-wo sets of printing couples,

be substantially the sameas bearound the looping 181, which carries a roller 182,

` and it will bseen thatyby -looping'rollers' 1 the asspciated webswill be webs are moved, andat rollers 1 i webs forl this movement be supplied by the upward movement vcarries a cam 184,

' stationary roller 1'86 roller v185,

v'rollers 17.7 and 185, the. associated webs .be-

' the roller 175 web b, printed thereby,1`s -led to-the roll 172, and at the roll A172, the two webs a and b are associated together. From the roll 172, the two associated webs pass to the continuously running rollers 173, 174 and 175, then down roller 17 7', which 'is mountedin the arms 178, whicli arms `1 78 are mounted upon the shaft `179, and a staples can be inserted in the associated webs.v i

The actuates vthel'loolping rollers may ,approximate y heartshape will be. seen vthat spring 180 is arranged so as to keep'the loop- -By arranging -a row of st'apling devices side i ing ro ler v17 7 normally in its lowest positioii. by side, `a' .transverse line-'of staples can be Connectedto one ofthe arms 178 vis a yoke inserted into the superimposedwebs wlule and' this yoke engages theA shaft 1.83, vwhichv ,against whiclrcam 184, 'the roller 182 bears. `Mounted on the other end of thearrns 178 is a. looping roller 185, this means, the 7 7 y and 185 are opposit'ely straddles and From' `the looping roller. 177, the webs are led upovr t vestationary roller 1 76 to the down .under the loo ing then in" through the bite o continuously running rollers '187, 188, and 189, Aand from these, the associated webs may ass to a longitudinal former1190, whi h has t e'usual resser-rolls or drums 191 a dcutting cylinders 192, from whence the as sembled, st apled, folded, and cut-ofi product ca of may be dehvered byanyjsuitable means not necessary here to show, A As taplin'g device is arranged `vi'ifi'the pathofthe. associated webs between the rollers '176 andi-86. It will be seen thatbyf means ofthe `looping tween the rollers 176 and 186are ke t mo' mentarily stationary, and .are therea ter fed forward at anaccelerated s eed. Thismovement ofthe associated we s is obtained as follows :fThe -loopers 177 and 1 85 are arranged to moveiat ciated webs. Then as thelooper 177 moves down, all the le th of the webs cbmi` wi be taken up b thisnownward movement of the loo er 1x17, and the associated webs will be he d stationary bef yond the roller 176. During` thisoperation, theupward movement of the looper 185 will supply the necessary length of associated ,webs to rovide a constantmovei'nent through the ro ers 187, 188 and 189.

When the loopers reverse their movement,

shifted at double speed between the rollers 176 and 186." That is to say, when the loo`er 185 moves downwardly, the same will ull ,the web back of` the same, forward, at t es peedat which the "the A'same time, the

87,188 and 189 are acting in addi. tion which will give a movement of the associated webs between the rolls 176and 186 at double speed-. The length of the associated the looper 177, and the the associated webs-'and being. effected by the looping de v 1'ce. `Atte' r th desired result. Th ple and effective apparatus,=it is possible td easily and nicely fasten ,the associated -websy permanently together.- Instead of associating a'pluralityof diiel- -eiit A'webs together, it is' possible to sever af wid tli half tlie speed/of the asso-V de emomentary stationary relation between the stapling. device e associated webs have been stapled,-they n -be given a the-staples'. man sta les 'ca'nfbe momentarilystationary; By this -mechanisnnv it is possible-.to associate vwebs', vand nicelystaple vthesaine together,

longitudinal fold `on .the line t nstitute one product, :as-desired', depend#v the ingup'on the number ofti mes that.,fthe websare held stationary between ers '176 and 186, and two lt .staples can be inertedfiff' esi rality of s tapling devices fmayfbe tween the'rollers, 176 and.186, as hereafter t described. Of course to .'effecttliis, .the-

eed o f thevshaft 183, and Itlresha e-,of e vcam will be arranged toV accomplis the us, by means of this simeweb into-a pluralit of narrow webs, asciate the narrow we s, and then staple ese associated webs.; and vice-, one web can be This last a wide web d, all a nars D and E respectively.V This narrow desired, so as to form four of these narrow webs, to as hereafter de# e last imprese a number of as by means of the cutters 201, mounted upon the shaft 200, cooperate with similar cutters products,

These over the f roll '500 also, witheither made a cover' 'orsupplement, or, a separate web can be-run,`v

hich may be .used as a jcover. described form of my device is shown in 11 and 12..

In this device wide printlng couples are used, which are ada ted toprint andperfect the web e canbe either the Awidth of one ofthese narrow webs, or twice the width of one get' different scribed. The web d from th sion cylinder 75 is split into narrow web s, 2025,' and 203, which cuttenarranged undirnea'th the webythus forming four narrow webs d, d, d, and d. narrowwebs are then led .oopingirolls ev or'more l used beto the turner bars 204, 205, 206 and 207, which serve to associate the narrow webs, as is Well understood.

From the last impression c linder, the cover e isled around the rol 501, then around the turner bar 209, then around a roll 214 to a roll 215; and interposed between the rollers 214 and 215 is a pasting device, which may consist of a suitable paste-box 210, which has a suitable pasting roller 21.1, which deposits paste u on the lining-roller 212, between which rol ers 212 and 213, the

From the'turner bars, the associated narrow webs are led through a looping1 device,

and through a stapling device ich are substantially the same as described, in `connection with the devicey shown in Fig. 10, and at the roll 189, .which is placed close to the roll 215, the cover: with its lining of paste may be added to the associated stapled webs, and then thereafter this product, with its cover, may be folded, cut off and de-` livered. Of course this coverv e could be a art of the main web d, if desired, or could e led in from a separate and different machine, as desired.

With amachine organized as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, eithera fourpage, ei htpage, twelve-page, or sixteen-page pamp let can be run, with or without a cover, these various arrangements being obtained, of course, by using wide or narrow webs, and by properly placing .the plates upon the typecylinders. Thus, this ress last de# scribed, -is especially adapte Vfor a large variety of pamphlet work. The product of this last described mechanism is a pamphlet, the various parts of which are stapled together, and which, if desired, may have a cover which is pasted on to the pamphlet, so

as to hide the staples. This roduces a very neat and attractive pamph et, and the cover, of course, may be printed of a different `color from that of the body, or upon a differently colored paper.

It will be seen that in the device shown in Fig. 12, the product can be made of double the wid th of that there described. This can be donc by arran ing a slitter and turner bars, as shown in ig. 13. Only one slitter 202 is used upon the web d to cut that web into two narrow portions; and, if a cover is to be used, a cover el, of double the' width of the cover e of the previous device'will bev used; With this arrangement, the turner bar 209 is preferably moved to the position shown at 2090,` or a separate turner-bar 2090 is used; and the turner-bar 206 is moved to the posi- `tion shown at 2060, or a separateturner-bar 2060 1s used g and the turner-bar`207 is moved to the osition shown at 2070, or'a separate turnerar 2070 is used; the object of. this dlfl'erent arrangement being to keep thecen- 'looping rollers by se arate cams.

ter of the associated websvthe same, so that the stapling devices can act in the center, and

that this double-width cover el can be printed thereby. v

It has been before stated .that a Iiumber of sta ling devices can be placed between 'the rollgrs 176 and 186, and three such stapling devices as K, K1, and K2 arranged between the rollers 176 and 186 are shownin Fig. 14.

In this device, it is preferred to operate the Thus, the looping delivery rol 1,85 can be mountedin arms 300, which will bekept normally in their lowest position i b means of springs 301, and these arms wil be yoked at their lower ends to s'traddle a shaft 303, and carry rollers 302, which will bear on theface of the cams 304, a cam bein preferably arranged with each arm 300. he loopino` roller 177 will be arranged in similar yoked arms 305, which will have springs 306 and rollers .307, which will bear upon cams 309 mounted upon shafts 308, a cam being referably arranged with each arm 305. he cams 309 will be o positely set relatively to the cams 304, so tlriat one oopino' roller will move up, as the other looping ro 1er Will` move down, and thereby the associatedwebs will be intermittently ulled forward between the rollers 176 and)186. i 7

The stapling devices could be so set and Thus, by

`proportionedtha't sta les will be inserted as often as desired *into t e associated Webs, deending, of course, upon the stroke of the ooping rollers, and of the,y various relative posltins of the staplin devices. f This device shown in Fig. 14, enab es' themachine to run very rapidly, and is the preferred form of the invention. Thus, it will be seen', that, broadly speaking, t-he invention may be applied and`used inmany different locations, and 1n connection with many different kinds of printing machines. Y

The results that can be 'obtained b the various forms of mechanisms willnow e reca itulated.

irst. Sheets may be collected as desired from one web, an stapled and folded, as shown in Figs. 8 and 8%.

Second. Webs slit from one web, or producedl from two or more machines ma beassociaffed and stapledand folded, as in Figs. I

1o and 11. Y

Third. Web'sna .be assc` ciated,A and l sheets severed there rom, and collected, and

then stapled and folded, thereby having as one product the, entire lateral and longitudi- `nal product of a press or presses furnishing the web or webs.

Fourth. Covers or sup lements may be inserted with the collected sheets, the said covers or supplements being not necessarily `in dimensions an equal division of the circumference of the type-cylinders; and the same bound with the4 product.4

Fifth. All the pa es of a pam hlet may be associated," stoppe a stapled), and thereafter a cover asted on the stapled product. The cover web maybe fed by `the main machine, or may be the product of another and sepirate press.

avln thus fully described the invention, what is c aimed is:-

1. The combinationfwith a printing press, a device for assembling printed products coming therefrom, a statlonary stapling device, means for causing the same to act lntermittently, nians forOcarrying the assembled products as they are made through the stationary stapling device, and means for effecting a momentary stationary relation between the assembled product and the staplingdevice as the same acts.

2. The combination of a web-associating mechanism, a stationary wie stapling device, means for leading the associated Webs on the run through the stationary stapling device, and-means for effecting a momentary stationary relation between the wire stapling device and the webs While the stapling device acts.

3. The combination of a Web-associating mechanism, a stationary stapling device, means for4 advancing the associated webs through the. stationaryw stapling device, means for effecting a momentary stationary relation between vassociated webs and the stapling device while the latter acts,and means for cuttin off the ends of the associated and staple webs.

4'; The combination of a web-associating device, a stationary stapling device, means for leading the .associated webs cn the run through the stationary stapling device, means for momentarily stop ing the section of the associated Webs in t e stapling device and i then advancing -the same at, an accelerated speed, and means for causi the stationary sin stapling device to act while t 1e section of the associated webs stands still in the stapling device.

5. The combination of a web-associating `mechanism, a stationary stapling deviceya folder mechanism, means for continuously leading the associated ywebs from the webassoclatlng mechanism to the folder, means for causing the section of associated webs passing throu h the stapling device momentarily to dwel and then to advanceat an accelerated speed, and means for causing he stapling device to act during the dwell of the associated webs.

6. The combination of means for associating a plurality of webs, a plurality of stationary stapling devices, means for leadin the associated webs through the plurality o stationary stapling devices, means for causing the section of associated webs in the plurality of stationary staplin devices momentarlly to stand stationary an then to advance at an accelerated speed, and means for operating the plurality of stationary stapling 'a'ebs while the section of the assoclated Webs therein stands stationary.

7. `The combination of a web-associating mechanism, a plurality of stationary stapling devices arranged in line, means for leading 'the associated webs through said stapling devices, means for causing said associated webs momentarily to stand still and then to advance at an accelerated speed, means for operating the stapling devices while the associated webs stand stationary, and a folder mechanism for foldin said associated Webs on the line of said stap es.

8. The combination with aweb associating device, of a stapling device adapted to stale the associated Webs together, and a web oopin .device adapted to momentarily hold the we s stationary while the stapling device acts.

9. The combination. with a-printipg mechanism and folding mechanism, means for leading the roduct of the printing mechanism to thefo ding mechanism, an assembling mechanism arranged between the .y printing mechanism andthe folding mechanism, a stationary stapling mechanism arranged between the assembling mechanism and the folding mechanism, means for causing the same Vto act intermittingly, and means for'` effecting a momenta stationary relation between the assemble product and the sta-` pling mechanism while the assembled product'is passing from the printing mechanism .to the folding mechanism as the stationary staplin device acts.

10. he combination with a printing mechanismv of a folding mechanism, means for leading the product 4of the printing mechanism to tlile folding mechan1sm,an assemf. bling -mec anism arran ed between the printing mechanism and t 1e folding mechanlsm, a stationary stapling mechanism arranged between the assembling mechanism and the folding mechanism, means for effecting a momentary'stationary relation between the assembled product andtheI stapling mechanism, and means for assembling a cover with vthe assembled product of the press.

11. The combination with a web associating mechanism of two oppositely moving loopers around which the associated webs ting ladapted pasting anism capacitated to print -a wide web,

. row webs tog means for slitting this wid`e web into va plurality of narrow webs, and for'associating the same, a stapling device adapted to staple theV associated webs together, a printing niechanism adapted to print a cover, a pasting mechanism adapted. to act on the web that is to form the cover, and means ,for assembling the cover with the associated narrow webs, and for cutting the pamphlet thus formed from the webs.

14. The combination with a web printing press ca acitatd'to print4 upon a wide web,

slitters or slitting this wide web into a plurality of narrow webs, means for momen-f` device a apted to staple the associated narether, a printing Inechanism adaptedto print a cover, a pasting device for the cover, means for assembling the cover with the associated stapled narrow webs, a folder and a cutting mechanism for folding and cutting the pamphlets thus formed. ,9'

15. The combination with a web associaa folder to which the assoled, guide rollers around Webs may be twice ting mechanism, ciated webs are which the associated i by the kassociated webs wi YVmn/ged between mounted, means moving ooping rollers looped, looping rollers around which the associated webs are led, means' for oppo-YV ing rollers, wheresitely operating these loo l be held. momentarily/stationary, and a stapling device arthe loops in the webs ada ted to act while the webs are momentarily ield stationary.

-16. Av device for binding together a plurality 'of associated webs, consisting of web guides or rollers as 175, 176, and 186, 189, of .the loopiiigrrollers4 177 and 185, the ivoted armsw178 in which the looping `rol ers are as a'heart-sha ed cam for vibrating trie pivoted ams, anc a wire stapling device arranged between the rollers 176 and 186.

17. UThe combination with means for associating a plurality of webs, of a loo ing device carrying t e associated webs, and ada ted .to hold a portion of them momen- 4tari y stationary, and of a plurality of stapling devices adapted to act to bind the associated webs together while the associated webs are momentarily stationary.

18. The lcombination of means for associating a )lurality of webs, of two o positely around wh associated webs are ljed, whereby a portion of the associated websiwill be held momentarily stationary, and/of a number of stapling devices arranged between the twoloo ing devices, and adapted to aciA to bind t ie associated Webs together whi e they are held 'stastonaryby the looping devices.

y In'testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, i'n the presence of two subscribing witnesses. H. A. WISE WOOD. Witnesses: A

HENRY W. CozZENs, Jr., LoUis W. SOUTHGATE.

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